What is sociology? -- Capitalism and alienation: Marx and Weber -- Recognition and anomie: Durkheim and Honneth -- Social interaction and marginalisation: Simmel and the Chicago School -- Power and stratification: Foucault and Bourdieu -- System and differentiation: Luhmann and Habermas -- State and market: Althusser and Boltanski & Chiapello -- Uncertainty and risk: Bauman and Beck -- The reflective self: Goffman and Giddens -- Family and work: Sennett and Hochschild -- Gender, body and identity: Butler and Haraway-- Factish and fetish: Latour and Zizek -- Sociology as an analytic praxis